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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

The impression seems to be that the
Legislature will not consider any reports
Of the Finance Committees until after the
holidays, as there will be practical ad
journment to-day, and only the form
to 20 through with next morning.
In the meantime the idea OF q prompt
settlement Is likely to weaken, and the
other plan to let the whole question drifi
will gather strength
1t is not unlikely, therefore, that the un-
fortunate condition Of affairs will not be
bettered and that we will leave the ques-
ton open to be used in politics For, Of
course, if under the present favorable
circumstances there is no attempt to OBJ
tain the consent of the creditors to q
final adjustment, there will be q further
legal contest and the delay will involve
the State in the risks Of regular out
and-out Reputation movement.
If the recent decisions are interpreted
as enabling the State to completely XII
the coupon, then the bondbolders have
no longer any field to fight on or coupons
to fight with, and it remains for them to
fund their bonds in Riddlebergers or lose
them altogether On the part of the
State it would be question to make a
final settlement at once on her own
terms, or let the creditors wait and stand
all the chances of another scaling"
The wise policy cannot for moment
be doubted, and that Is to settle honor
ably at once. Every consideration of
honor and interest demands 1t. The
State of Virginia wants fair reputation,
and II this struggle is continued, even
with all the advantage on her side, she
loses in reputation every day so long as
shc cannot get the consent of the credi-
tors to any settlement that she OF they
might ask for, or that she might force
them 10.
But there is another impression TO the
effect that the creditors can renew the
fight.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
Getting Hurt ON the stage.

Audiences do not always give actors
credit for the courage and endurance
necessary to the performance Of some
parts. aud are apt 20 count everything
on the stage a. a trick or deception.
Actors are not infrequently lamed by high
leaps. bruised by kicks, blows and falls,
bitten by trained dogs, burned in fire
scenes and injured by pistols, swords and
knives. There are incidents, too, that do
not expose them to danger but are try
ing 10 the nerves, like that in an English
melodrama that requires the leading lady
20 stand close TO the muzzle Of IA gun
when ii is fred. In the arabian Nights
a lively boxing scene is introduced, IN
which Richard Golden has TO allow him
self to be severely mauled After getting
q sound thump in the eye he walks 70 the
footiights and says gravely, "Some people
think that these things on the stage ain't
real. but they are. brooklyn Eagle
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

An attack on a military train by Arabs In
the performance Of the Paris Hippodrome at
Olympia is a remarkable feature A line OF
railway runs around the arena, upon which
an undoubted locomotive with carriage,
steams along at considerable speed. THE
train Is filed with French troops, who ~
spond 20 the fire Of the Arabs and an ami
mated contest is carried on FOR some time
Finally the Arabs are defeated, and tho
wounded are carried 20 the ambulance car OF
the train, and the locomotive gets up steam
and runs out OF the arena There Is a pleas
ing dance by Arab girls and military exer'
cises by the men Of the desert New York
Nun
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

The commission appointed two year,
ago by the State of New York, to inquire
into the best method OF executing Grim.
inals condemned to death is about 10 re
port that electricity is the most efica-
cious. 1t certainly has advantages for
the criminals and very great one In
avoiding the CHASTITY bungllng often oc.
curing in hanging. In some remote To-
calities there might be some inconveni-
ence from lack Of current, while the
festive cowboy OF the West could not
afford to wait for the appliances when
engaged in lynching bee.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
THE MODERN GREEK.
Seen to Best Advantage Not In Athens.
but in ConstantinopIe

but IN ton-tantinople.
Nobody who has known Athens for lon..
or who knows the real resources OF tho conn
try Of which she Is the capital, can be disap.
pointed with the progress made Few cities
have improved moro during the last twenty
years The government has introduced com
pulsory education on a most extensive scale.
railroads are being opened, drainage and the
planting Of trees have received great atten.
ton, aud the sudden breeze Of patriotism
which has lately passed over Greece and puz
zled Europe win doubtless bear its fruits n
greater unity Of purpose Perhaps the real
evil which, more than anything else, has
checked the progress OF Greece during tho
last half century has been It's constitutional
government
There are many Cavours in Greece Tri-
coupis isl Cayour with English ideas, but
unfortunately Greece Is not ruled over by a
Victor Emmanuel. nor has she yet produced
a Garibaldi Everybody in tho small king
dom is, rs Of Old, q politician, and the c0nso
quence Of this Is that ministries rise and flU
and elections take place with a rap3itv
which might even astoHsh u.s. The one
point ON which al Greeks are agreed and
which has been taught them by late events is
this; that if ;hey are 10 hold their own in The
Balkan peninsula they must have more terri
tory. They crave for the fertile plains of
Epirus and Macedonia, for something that
will give them a chance Of development and
the means Of existence on q large scale. The
place where the Greek Is seen 60 the greatest
advantage is not at Athens, whore mass meet
inas will one day cheer for Deiyannis and the
next for Tricoupis, but at Cousantinonie
There he is, SD 20 speak, on the defensive.
living ia the midst Of tho great DESTROYER of
bis race and freedom Hero his commercial
propensties have brought him t.the fore.
The "unspeakable Turk, % who loves money.
but hates making it as bitterly as be hates
the Greek, who can make it, has given him
in return for money everything that he asks
This has enabled the Greeks 20 attack tho
Turks with the above mentioned weapon Of
education. Concessions for Greek schools all
over the rotten empire have been literally
bought, there is scarcely o Greek village i'm
Macedonia, Eprus, tho islands and tho coast
villages Of Asia Minor which has not been
supplied with schools for both girls and boys.
either through the munifcence OF Greeks or
through the clerical and monasfic influence
which in It's day has played SO valiant part
In the conservation OF tho Hellenic lanruage
and the Christian relgion.-C0r Tortnightlv
Review
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

silk, that unprotected infant as q
very practical contemporary calls II, has
grown to such proportions as 10 furnish
clothing to the millions instead Of being
a rare luxury. There is no tariff duty on
cocoons, reeled silk, or the eggs Of the
silkworm. As consequence the impor-
tetions, free Of duty, amount 10 millions
Of dollars, and a thriving home industry
has sprung up, giving remuneratiye en-
plOyment 10 thousands of persons. In
the ten years from 1870 to 1880 the num-
Der of silk establishments In the United
States increased from So, employing $500
hands, to 4S2. employing 81 337 hands.
The value of the gross product in 1870
was $f2, 100000 in 1850 IL had increased
to Sal 100000 II Is now estimated that
there are 500 establishments engaged In
the manufacture of silk fabrics, with a
production worth more than 1000, 900
per year. The illustration points the
fallacy Of taxing imported wool when
the free article from abroad would give
employment to thousands OF people TO
manufacture 1t, while the price Of the
cloth would come down to the proper
standard.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
GREETING TORARBOUR

The election of Hon John s. Barbour
to the Senatorship Yesterday called forth
several efforts Of oratory in which the
Democratic speakers seemed not only
anxious to invest the occasion with q
great many handsome compliments that
were due to the recipient OF the honor,
but were also bent on portraying a CON
trast between the high character of real
Virginia gentleman chosen unanimously
by bis party, and the monstrossity put up
by the Republicans in the awkward po-
sition of a contemplate failure.
The people who take any part In
politics will not fail 70 catch the moral
Of the lesson, and II Is not only in the
person OF Malone himself that it Is per-
sonally so strongly illustrated. We have
only to look at the roll OF his once boast
full followers, and view all along the
track Of Mahones career the wrecks of
men who might have been honored and
respected In this faint rally around
their once victorious chief they must
confess that he is the weak point Of his
cause, II he has any pretense Of a cause
left.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

The Philadelphia Record, In citing the
Protec,ionist yarn about the corruption
OF the youth OF the country with the
idea Of reforming the tariff, says that
the alleged corruption" is Of quality
not unlike that which so greatly pro.
voked the wrath OF q politician OF an.
other age who accused his victim
OF having most traitorously cor
rupted the youth OF the realm In erecting
Q grammar school," and, further, Of
keeping men about him that usually
talk OF noun and verb ard such
sbominable words as no Christian ear
can endure 10 hear" The colleges which
teach that the present tanf system is
founded on false and mischievous basis
are as obnoxious to the advocates and
benefciaries Of that system as was a
grammar school to Jake Cade.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

A woman was up before the police court
the other day for assaulting her husband
lie relented after her arrest, and when Bee
came 10 the witness box be refused 10 swear
against her
Now, Mr. Clark" said his honor, "didnt
your wife inAict those scratches on your
facef
II can't tell q lie, sir"
"And I don't want you Co. Was It your
wifep
Your honor, wo keep a cat 10 lies be-
tween the two OF EN- II my wife says She
didn't then IL must be the cat, and III have
her bebeaded before ] sleep this nightr-De-
trOt Free Press.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
Naming His Drink.

Why did | ask that gentleman what he
would have when | know that he has
drank nothing but whisky aad lemon for
twenty years. Because 1t IS our policy
always to ask the question. Suppose that
you did not know that gentleman, and be
came in, and without saying a word
would put up whisky and lemon, what
would you thinks Why, you would say
to Yourself, THAT man is an old stager
here There is no need Of asking him
what he wants; they know him" So we
always make it point to go through the
form OF asking the customer 10 name his
drink -Barkeeper in Globe Democrat
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

The Iader-Appeal quotes the Chicago
Herald as follows:
The Herald once more lays before It.
readers an exhibit Of the quiet brutality
with which the colored man is treated in
Chicago. Probably his life here is as
happy as elsewhere In northern cities
The canting politician who weeps over
the wrongs Of Eliza P!nkston raises his
hand Ia horror whenever he hears that a
white Southerner will not accord social
equality to the negroes"
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
CREAM OF THE PRESS.
PUNGEYT PARAGRAPHS FROM PROM
INENT PENS.
Don Cameron's Grab-free Coal-Bfaine
on Tobacco Wealth of the south-The
Washington POST" on the Wages of III
ners--The New York "Sun" Criticised.

The proposition, put in the form Of a
bill introduced into Congress by Senator
Cameron Of Pennsylvania, to allow the
registry Of foreign-built vessels in the
service of the International Navigation
Company l. not likely 10 meet with the
appreciation Of the House or OF the Senate.
striking as il does at the root of one Of
our most cherished ideas with regard to
ships constructed outside the dock yards
Of the United States.
According to the provisions Of the nav
igation laws in this country, registry Is
refused to all foreign-buiit crafts. Among
men who have made a special study OF
the plans now in use for the protection
of the national mercantile marine there
is q difference Of opinion as TO the advisa-
bility Of retaining the laws in their pres
ent state. but there can be no doubt I'D
the mind of any reasonable man concern,
ing the object of the bill just presented
for consideration of Congress Bate.
Herald
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
4 DI.nilied Legislntnre.

The deliberations OF the South Carolina
legislature are conducted with all the dignity
OF the British house Of lords The two pre-
siding officers are attired In handsome gowns
Of the finest blue and royal purple silk vel
vet, the clerks wear long robes Of six and
the sergeants at arms open and close the daily
sessions with she ancient mace and sword II
state, rsiics u colonial days Chicago
Harsld
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

The resolution for free coal offered yes
terday by the Miscellaneous Section at
the meeting Of the Central Labor Union
and received with universal appreciation
by the members Of that body, is a striking
evidence Of the general approval OF Presi
dent Cleveland's policy by the industrial
masses.
The people will vote against the eXtor-
tions Of the coal monopolies- and they
know that the way 10 prevent fuel lam
inc prices is to leave open the safely
valve of the gateway to the Canadian
provinces. American miners and han
dlers' wages will not suffer, because but
little foreign coal will in fact ever come
here, for the work at good pay viii b.
more steady for great coal producers, aud
transporters will not dare to Cypress
their men by stopping work capriciously
on slight preiexis, which are but covers
for their inordinaie ayarice Employers
will turn their attention to better mr-
chanical devices for excayating and
Transporting their output, and IN this way
effect economies that they will no longer
dare 10 attempt at the cost Of labor. Sim
liar results from the policy Of free raw
materials Will ensue in the manufacture
and traffic in clothing worn by the masses.
~ !. star.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

The Republic ans in the Legislature
yesterday chung to Malone because they
had nothing else to cling to. Malone is
about the only man in the party in Vir-
ginia who is overburdened with a surplus
Of DOODLE He is likewise shout the only
man in the party in Virginia who has
ever wrecked railroad.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

A young woman physician who pratlces
TO Englewood tells of a queer case ia sGr
gerry which she heard OF few weeks AGO,
or rather a case Of most unusual surgical
treatment for common injury. A young
man had suffered a fan from The cars.
and on examination DO was found that two
f his ribs had been broken The doctor
uh0was called 20 the case--a man doctor
BIZ the way-told the patients mother TO
make q big bowl OF mush and milk. and
% coax me wounded man TO eat ms much
Of 10 as he could possibly hold. This was
done, and then the doctor told tho Won
doring mother to bring him one Of her old
corsets, the largest one she had. The
good woman blushingly 0Deyed, and stood
by with bullying eyes md watched the
doctor put the corset on his patient aud
draw the strings comfortably tight
Keep the boy filed with mush and milk
all night, IL possible" was the doctor S
injunction, as be packed up his traps 10
20 away. "aud be sure that the corset
strings don't get any looser than they arc
now. I'll come again IN The morning.
The next day the ingenious medical man
declared that the broken ribs would soon
TIC knitted well together again, and that
they wer, growing as nice and straight as
you please. "The mush and milk on the
inside and the corset on The outside is
what did the business he said.-Ch.-
cagO Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

Colonel w. A. Anderson made an elo-
quent speech in nominating Mr. Barbour
for the Senate.
OF course every Virginian In politics
10 expected to be something Of ar orator,
but Colonel Anderson has the ability
to produce In speech as excellent
10 the reader - TO tho hearer.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

1t Is an open question whether Mr.
Blaines classification Of tobacco among
the necessaries of life is an accurate one
but there are few 50 ignorant Of the opc-
ration Of the tax upon that article as 10
imagine that the removal Of the tax
would cheaper il 10 the consumer. The
price Of tobacco depends upon the quality
produced and the demand. For several
years the production has been large and
prices have been low. This year the old
stock has been consumed, there is a brisk
demand, and the price is higher. As for
the tax, that was reduced 0ne-hali in
1eS3-from eighteen cents a pound TO
nine cents on manufactured tobacco, and
from SO to So per thousand on cigars
and the manufacturer and dealer got all
the benefit The farmer received NJ
more Tor his raw product, and the half
cent an ounce on smoking and chewing
tobacco and three-tenihs OF a cent on a
cigar permitted no reduction in the cost
To the purchaser. If the other fraction
Of tax we're to be removed IL would have
no more effect than the similar reduction
in 1888. Mr Blaine's tobacco phiian-
thropy Is a humbug -B0st0n Post.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
BETRAYED.


She Is false, o Death. she Il fart
Let me hide my head on thy knee;
Blind mine eyes, dull mine ears, O.Deathl
She hath broken my heart for me
Give me a perfect dream;
Find me d rare. dim plaoo--
But let not her voice come nigh.
And keen out Der facc-har facs
-Ilzette Woodwork Reece.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

MI Cowlam in his pamphlet on The
Undeveloped South SAYS, that the
mountain range OF the South contains
three times the natural wealth as that Of
the North The Baltimore Sun, COM
menting on the paper calls attenting TO
the striking observation made that the
Southern railway system, as W ole, in
its present state, is system OF branches
with trunks yet TO be bull" and that a
small amount Of trunk line will give Wig
orous life to these thousands OF miles Of
branches The characteristic Of a proper
trunk line, In Mr.. Cowlam's view, IS that
il should traverse some area rich in nat
ural resources, such as coal, iron, etc,
and be at right angles 90 rather than par
allel with lines Of communication by sea.
Existing lines in the South have, there
fore, the capital fault that they do not,
as rule, cross the mountain ranges In an
east and west direction, but parallel them,
touching the coal fields only on their
edges, where the coal is poorest, and be.
ing badly located 10 bring coal and ores
together What are wanted, he says, are
" lines through instead OF ar0Ued the great
so rces of Southern wealth" Passing
existing lines in review, he excludes the
Coast Line from his list Of trunk lines on
the ground that ii parallels the sea and
depends on Southern travel for its reve-
nues. The Piedmont Air Line runs lac
says, along the eastern base of the Blue
Ridge from Atlanta TO Richmond, "wilb
much wealth along lis line, but poor out
lets for its traffic at ils terminals, and no
difference of products in different por-
tlons TO make local traffic.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

Hiram H. Reyels, and not Blanche X
Bruce, Us is often stated, was the first
colored man that ever sat in the United
States senate
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

Senator Sabin and Congressman
Browne from the West" both Republi-
cans, have Joined the tariff reform army.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

Referring to the petition Of the Central
Labor Union for free coal, the Washing
ton Post says:
"To show how little the tariff has to
do with the wages Of the miner we quote
again from M. Saward's book. which
shows that in Alabama, West Virginia
Maryland, and Virginia, they are dfiy
cents, or less, tom in Iowa they are
seyenty-fye cents to one dollar; in Iii
nois, seventy to ninety five cents; in
Ohio, sixty cents in Indiana, eighty
cents, and in Oregon and Mississippi, one
dollar In adjusting a coal tariff to the
American rate of wages il would puzzle
even Mr.. Kelly to make up his mind what
the American raie of wages is.
"The Central Labor Union IL right both
In It's preamble and resolution. The coal
duty must GO
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

City Delivery by carriers at 10 cents per week.
BY mail. postage paid. daily one year s'''' s'
months. &l.75: three months, VI.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

THE WEEKLY TINS. by mall, postage paid
one year, 81: six months. 80 cents three
months. 2b cents.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
C. " BRANCH & CO..
BANKERS AND BRottFps
I'LL East MAIN STREET
Estate Bank Buldine1

al, E iiFa'e wires connecting d.ra,t ,..,
V,a .s'' l,lis,on' Baltimore phI'ade'pt.. ..I
Ne" 9fk bug and sell uock. sr3 aal
'oI cash OF on margin. Corn....,,,,' ,', ..i
cent Loans negotiated A.sof-sts ~ =. ~
.ilas"n in grain and cotton ffrres IN
OK and Chicago Corrnpordenco Wv
lcied '''D,'..e 70
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21

The Washington Critic thus criticise,
the criticism of he New York Sun on
the proposition for celebration Of the
adoption of the Constitution and the dis
covery OF America
THE New York sun has unearthed a
verbal confusion in the title Of the SEN
ate's Select Committee on the Centen
NAL of the Constitution and the Discoy-
cry Of America" and pounces upon
II as cheerily as il often does upon a
grammatical error in the columns of some
provincial contemporary.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-21
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Entered at the Richmond (vaJ Postofnce
Is secOpd-cass matter.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1887-12-02
Art i'm India

The natives of India are a gentle. re-
fined, art-loving people. In no country
italy not excepted, is tho love of art
more innate; and nowhere is there pre.
sented a higher standard Of taste in fig-
urc posing aud Of effect in color combi-
nation, whether in embroidery. weav-
ing or printing. In pottery and bras
work t.cir patterns are those which.
for thousands Of years, have most
pleased mankind - combinations of
slender, graceful. curved parts with
massive parts -the same as arc found
in the pyramids of Egypt, in the tombs
Of Cyprus and in the ruins OF Pompcii
and rs to-day are initiated in the art
pottery of Dresden aud Worcester.
Nothing can exceed in richness Of col.
oring, delicacy aud perfection Of work.
their paintings on ivory, especially fr.
urc painting 1.-The most difficult of all
They are passionately fond of ornaments
of dress, Of music, OF flowers and deli
cate perfumes. They love illuminated
books; are fond Of coin collections. and
the dwellings Of the wealthy are model
Of exquisite taste in furnishings and
dccorationsi aud in architecture, the
world might be challenged to produce
the equal Of that dream in marble-the
TAI Of India. Perhaps ] need not saw
that high knowledge Of art implies a
knowledge Of the ideal in art, or the
power Of culliug beauty from individ.
ual objects and uniting them 10 one
Wherever in tho worlds history this
high art power has been manifested bv a
people, they have been found TO be cul
tivated and refined. the raoo homo.
gencous and Of fixed national character
with rigid political forms and inflexible
religious dogmas Journal az the Mill.
tary Service.